Adjusting to Cost Increases
» Adjusting to Cost Increases, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2001
24. Since the beginning of the year, what business cost increases have impacted your business the most? Has it been:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employee health insurance | 19 | ||
| 2 | Goods, supplies and materials | 16 | ||
| 3 | Employee wages and salaries | 13 | ||
| 4 | Energy, including gasoline and electricity | 39 | ||
| 5 | Facilities costs, such as rent or mortgage, maintenance and repair | 8 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 5 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 752 | |||
Notes: The rising cost of energy impacted 39 percent of small, employing businesses more severely in the last six months than any other business cost increase (Q#24).
